I'm stupid, so I expected to have trouble, but once I downloaded the MIT AI2 Companion app to my Android phone, I got to the screen that says,
type in the 6-character code
-or-
scan the QR code
----then there's a space for a 6-character code, plus two colored boxes for ----
connect with code
scan QR code.
There is also an option to "Use Legacy Connection."
So, where is this six-digit code, or the QR code, and how can I enter either one of them?
Read this tutorial please Tim http://appinventor.mit.edu/explore/ai2/setup-device-wifi
Also helpful Here are some resources to help you learn to use the AI2 tools. A very good way to learn App Inventor is to read the free Inventor's Manual here in the AI2 free online eBook http://www.appinventor.org/book2 ... the links are at the bottom of the Web page. The book 'teaches' users how to program with AI2 blocks.
There is a free programming course here http://www.appinventor.org/content/CourseInABox/Intro and the aia files for the projects in the book are here: http://www.appinventor.org/bookFiles
How to do a lot of basic things with App Inventor are described here: http://www.appinventor.org/content/howDoYou/eventHandling .
Also look here http://kio4.com/appinventor/index.htm and here http://www.imagnity.com/tutorial-index/ for more tutorials.
Learn about components http://ai2.appinventor.mit.edu/reference/components/
and visit the Library http://appinventor.mit.edu/explore/library Help>Library on the MENU
Thank you, Steve. I should have mentioned that my phone's camera reads the QR code just fine, but the aforementioned screen that asks for the QR code is never satisfied that I've scanned it. It doesn't matter if I scan with that screen showing (the QR code appears) or with the phone's camera, to make a dedicated image. That instruction is as far as anything gets.
I was reading the setup page you cite, and that's where I got stuck. As with most software guides, the writer assumes a step, and I don't; or there's a "usual" step that is assumed but not mentioned. Commands like, "Log in and proceed to your account manager" are meaningless if the reader doesn't know how to log into a particular new piece of software in the first place. Which is why I'm already stuck.
I appreciate your patience and help.
If you use the QR code, do not type in the code. Use the blue scan QR code button.
If you typed in the code insead of using the blue button,, press the orange connect with code.
Please do not try to use both in combination.
Thanks again. That's better. I scanned the QR code, and an address appeared in the white box.
Does something happen now?
It's just sitting there, five minutes so far, displaying the "market://" address in the white box. Nothing perceptible is happening, and the screen is unresponsive, unless I want to scan the QR code again.
Yes, but only if you Go to App Inventor ( http://ai2.appinventor.mit.edu/ ) and open a project (or create a new one – use Project > Start New Project and give your project a name).
Thank you. Maybe the next question I ask will not be moronic.
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